Hi Diane Just read your mail, My Grandfather also told his children that he was sent to a Seminar to become a Priest and ran a way to sea. He told them this and many other things which unfortunatly I have found to be untrue during my research, so don,t take everything she said as true. I also find that our Parents remember things but in the wrong context, so I suggest you go on her Surname and the dates that you have and forget the rest until you can confirm it. My Grandfather always said that his Father was a General director for a Newspaper but it turns out that he was a Policeman and all the tales of a Villa next to Lake Como turned out to be rented houses in Como Town. Ruth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane Webb" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 4:30 PM Subject: [Anglo-Italian] ERROTTI / EROTY > Hello Listers, I signed up a few days ago and am delighted the lists > exists. I am hoping to break down my brick wall, however, I do realize it > may take time! I've been searching for 20 years for my great grandmother > and her family, so I have built up a degree of patience! > > > Great grandmother's maiden name has several variants according to her two > marriage certificates and the birth certs of her children. These > are,predominantly EROTTI and EROTY (which I'm told is probably the Hungarian > surname and that many Hungarians settled in Italy) Her marriages took > place in Plymouth, Devon (1876 & 1891 respectively) and all her children > were born in Devon. > > I cannot find any variant of her maiden name in Cenus records. She was born > 1856 - 1859 (again according to certificates and Census (after she married > her age changes). But, the big problem is she told her family she was born > at sea - on the way from Philadelphia to England. She said they were > Italian. She ran away from home when they wanted to put her in a convent. > How she got from London to Devon is a mystery also. > > Her story was that her parents left Italy and went to Philadelphia, didn't > like it there so went on to England. HOw long they stayed in US I don't > know! > > I would have thought her parents would have appeared in early Census records > i.e 1861 but I'm told searching the London fiche would take me forever. She > gave London as her place of birth in the 1881 Census down in Devon (she was > married by then so appears under her married surname GRIMES). > > I would greatly appreciate it if any one on the list can give me some > suggestions or comments. > > Cheers, Diane (Canada) > > > > ==== ANGLO-ITALIAN Mailing List ==== > Italian Research > http://www.dreamwater.net/anglersrest/Italian.htm > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Hello Ruth, thanks for the reality check! You are right of course, the only truth I've found to date in my ggrandmother's story is that the birth of her first child was never registered (1876). I'm still waiting for the publication of the elusive 1901 Census in the hope of finding the birthplace of her second husband. Another part of her story was that he was the father of her first child and the reason for her running away from home instead of going into a convent. If the Census gives his birthplace, and providing he hadn't moved away from there when he was dallying with ggrandmother, then I may be able to search for similar surnames to hers in that area. A long shot I know. Cheers, Diane -----Original Message----- From: Ruth [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2002 12:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Anglo-Italian] ERROTTI / EROTY Hi Diane Just read your mail, My Grandfather also told his children that he was sent to a Seminar to become a Priest and ran a way to sea. He told them this and many other things which unfortunatly I have found to be untrue during my research, so don,t take everything she said as true. I also find that our Parents remember things but in the wrong context, so I suggest you go on her Surname and the dates that you have and forget the rest until you can confirm it. My Grandfather always said that his Father was a General director for a Newspaper but it turns out that he was a Policeman and all the tales of a Villa next to Lake Como turned out to be rented houses in Como Town. Ruth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane Webb" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 4:30 PM Subject: [Anglo-Italian] ERROTTI / EROTY > Hello Listers, I signed up a few days ago and am delighted the lists > exists. I am hoping to break down my brick wall, however, I do realize it > may take time! I've been searching for 20 years for my great grandmother > and her family, so I have built up a degree of patience! > > > Great grandmother's maiden name has several variants according to her two > marriage certificates and the birth certs of her children. These > are,predominantly EROTTI and EROTY (which I'm told is probably the Hungarian > surname and that many Hungarians settled in Italy) Her marriages took > place in Plymouth, Devon (1876 & 1891 respectively) and all her children > were born in Devon. > > I cannot find any variant of her maiden name in Cenus records. She was born > 1856 - 1859 (again according to certificates and Census (after she married > her age changes). But, the big problem is she told her family she was born > at sea - on the way from Philadelphia to England. She said they were > Italian. She ran away from home when they wanted to put her in a convent. > How she got from London to Devon is a mystery also. > > Her story was that her parents left Italy and went to Philadelphia, didn't > like it there so went on to England. HOw long they stayed in US I don't > know! > > I would have thought her parents would have appeared in early Census records > i.e 1861 but I'm told searching the London fiche would take me forever. She > gave London as her place of birth in the 1881 Census down in Devon (she was > married by then so appears under her married surname GRIMES). > > I would greatly appreciate it if any one on the list can give me some > suggestions or comments. > > Cheers, Diane (Canada) > > > > ==== ANGLO-ITALIAN Mailing List ==== > Italian Research > http://www.dreamwater.net/anglersrest/Italian.htm > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > ==== ANGLO-ITALIAN Mailing List ==== Inaugural Meeting of the Anglo-Italian Family History At the SOG Fair at 3pm For the venue address look at http://www.dreamwater.net/anglersrest/Italian.htm ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237